Arcano del mare - UC Berkeley GeoData
- Description:
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di D. Ruberto Dudleo Duca di Nortumbria, e conte di Warwich. 2nd edition of Dudley's sea atlas. Vol 1 Bk 1 deals with longitude, Vol 1 Bk 2 with chart errors and has 15 charts, Vol 1 Bk 3 with naval issues, Vol 1 Bk 4 with naval architec & ship design, Vol 1 Bk 5 with navagation. Vol 2 includes 131 maps. Title page of v.1 bk. 1 includes an engraving of an instrument for measuring the ebb & flow of tides; v. 2 includes an illustration of a creature and "Orsa Minore". Includes charts, diagrams, and volvelles. First nautical chart by an Englishman, and first atlas with charts on Mercator projection.
- Creator:
- Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649 and Lucini, Antonio Francesco, 1605-
- Publisher:
- Nella Nuova Stamperia, per Giuseppe Cocchini, All'Insegna della Stella. Ad istanza di Iacopo Bagnoni, & Antonfrancesco Lucini
- Provider:
- Stanford
- Resource Class:
- Maps
- Subject:
- Longitude, Navigation, Shipbuilding, Naval art and science, and Ocean
- Date Issued:
- 1661
- Rights:
- Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Rights Holder:
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
- License:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- Access Rights:
- Public
- Format:
- JPEG2000
- Georeferenced:
- false
- More details at:
- https://purl.stanford.edu/bc151bq1744